Black Halloween Punch

Submitted by Hey Jude

"A fun punch for your alcohol-free Halloween party....or add some vodka for the adult party!! The recipe also calls for 2 disposable rubber or latex gloves but I couldn't get that past the Zaar recipe editor. Chicago Sun-Times recipe. Please remember people...this is a Halloween recipe and gross is 'cool' on Halloween!"

 

• Ready In: 24hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope grape unsweetened flavored drink mix
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope orange unsweetened flavored drink mix
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 quarts cold water
• 1 liter ginger ale

directions

1. You'll need 2 disposable rubber or latex gloves for this (see note in recipe description).
2. In a large punch bowl, combine powdered grape and orange drink mixes, sugar, water and ginger ale. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Refrigerate until well chilled.
3. Wash disposable gloves and fill with water. Twist open ends of gloves and seal with rubber bands. Place gloves in a pan and freeze until solid.
4. Briefly dip frozen gloves in warm water. Peel away glove and discard. Float prepared hands in bowl just before serving.

Reviews

[Ima Cookin]

I made this punch this morning here at my office for our "Boo Breakfast". (I swapped Splenda for sugar for my dietary needs.) It really tastes good for as gross as it looks. It's a sort of brownish color. A co-worker said it looks like swamp water! LOL! I hung gummy worms off the side of the punch bowl and froze two of the wax fangs in a small custard cup so they would be floating in the bowl as well as some plastic spiders and rats in ice cube trays. What a surprise when someone dipped out a gummy worm AND a rat at the same time!! Too much fun. Using this same recipe (and accessories!) tomorrow night for a party, but adding vodka for an "adult" version. ;-) (Pics to follow.) UPDATE: Sharing my pic from my office breakfast. I decided to call it Vampire Blood Punch since I was a "devilish vampire" that morning. ;-)

 

[Stephanie S.]

I served this to my family for Halloween dinner. they thought this was fun. I put it in a black pot and added dry ice in a larger pot outside of it. The kids squealed with laughter. Thank you for posting.

 

[Tinkerbell]

My preschooler and her BFF "hosted" their first costume Halloween party yesterday and I made this punch to serve. We had over 20 kids, plus at least one parent for each kid and this punch was a big hit. I loved the ice hands! While my friend was removing the gloves, one finger broke off. We threw it in anyway and it made it all the more creepy! The store was all out of orange flavored Kool-Aid, so I bought the grape flavor and then subbed in some Tang for the orange. I wish I had gotten a photo of this, but I was so busy with the rest of the food that I forgot once it went out to the table. Ima's photo is wonderful though, so I'd hate to post over it anyway! That photo sold the punch for me. :D Thanks for sharing, Hey Jude!

 

[ratherbeswimmin]

Served this to the kids at our Halloween party. They loved the black color--very cool. We all thought the taste was quite good. Thanks for a fun Halloween party punch.

 

[Mee-Mee]

This was great for my grand daughters Halloween party. The hands looked really cool floating around. And grown ups and kids a like loved the taste of the punch. Thanks for a Party punch, everyone enjoyed.....